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Leftfield, just had that out last week,excellent.check one is my favorite track off that. I read a few dismal reviews of the new Brian ferry. Lots of guests, no songs. I was into ebm too in that same period. Chris and cosey,clock dva,test dept.,front 242.cabs just reissued Johnny yes no .just saw recoil this week,hydrology is excellent for those that are interested. Just Allan wilder on a laptop with another guy but cool visuals. Even played a dm song.Recent listens;labraford- prazition,David sylvain-beekeepers apprentice ,databoem collection 1

Olympia by Bryan Ferry is not his best solo album by a longshot. Not near as good as Boys and Girls or Mamouna. I found it overproduced and a little too slick sounding (surprising, as he used Rhett Davies, who produced the masterpiece Roxy album Avalon). There are more "just okay" songs than great ones, but there are a couple or three great ones. Sounds better in the car stereo than at home for some reason. I'd say if you're a BF fan get it, you'll find much of it worthwhile, but more casual fans not so into his arty vibe may be bored.

>The Orb & YouthImpossible Oddities, a fantastic comp of many of their notable releases on their WAU! Mr. Modo label, brings the early 90s proto-dance scene back in all its glory.

>Supersilent, 10, which takes a somewhat more acoustic tack than the last few discs but there's still plenty of electrical goings-on of a particularly improvisational & experimental nature...quite good.

>Late last night: a used copy of John Adams's Shaker Loops / Light Over Water (New Albion), one of his early minimalist/post-classical works, featuring the Kronos Quartet-meets-Zeitkratzer-meets-Reichian pulse dramatics of "Shaker", along with the 40+ minute synth & horns "Light", an exercise in abject, melancholic beauty.

Hopefully soon, that new Herion, with some kind of review to follow - watch the skies, Mike!

Lately I've been listening to all kinds of cool things in one of my old iTunes libraries that I finally moved across to my new computer. Lots of Jonathan Coleclough, Andrew Chalk, Darren Tate, Ubeboet, Dronaement and Celer. It's a regular ambient/drone fest here at Hypnos HQ!

Really enjoying False Mirror's Derelict World. I'm glad I got the CD. This is how you do a digipak. Beautiful artwork. Tracks are excellent, I think maybe Tobias's best.

Also been listening to many albums on the Earth Mantra label http://www.earthmantra.com/ Too many albums to list, but you will find just about every style of ambient there. All free under the Creative Commons license. Thanks to JKN for the tip on that.

I love Belladonna, I pretty much like everything Lanois does. Have you heard his new stuff? He is recording with Trixie Whitley as "Black Dub". I have it & like some parts & others are still growing on me. I wish it was more stripped down, less production to let the raw power of her voice take over. Still an interesting release though. The "Tiny Desk Concert" they did for NPR was fantastic! Here's a link to it... http://www.npr.org/2010/11/08/131075032/black-dub-tiny-desk-concert

This release is not a tranquil drift in the depths of a silent ocean, it is a stormy, visceral, persistant and demanding tidal wave.

It starts with washes of noise that may be waves or tides. As you are lulled into the ocean depths the songs of whales appear, whales that sound as if they have been sliced apart and physically pushed through the filters and modulators of a synth before swimming into view.

After a while the whale songs are echoed by an undercurrent of Siren song, but these Sirens have been lost and arrived via a creepy film and a Dali painting - not quite here, there or anywhere.

Dark Blue Sea is hallucinogenic, but carefully so - with an obvious attention to detail that gives these twisted and twisting sounds their sharp edge without descending into auditory chaos.

David Parsons- Akash Latest release from one of my favorite artists. This is similar to his last release, Jyoti in that it is all synthesizers. No samples or field recordings. It is also somewhat similar thematically. This doesn't mean that it is simply a rehash of the last effort. It is a very enjoyable release on its on.

Ginger Baker- Horses and Trees Some of my favorite drumming by Ginger Baker. Not over the top like some of his sixties releases, just good solid percussion work by a master. I don't remember a lot of details about this release (I copied it from an LP some time back which I can't find right now) , except that it is recorded with mostly African musicians, the exceptions being Bill Laswell and Bernie Worrell. It is all instrumental and it is some of his finest drumming since Blind Faith.

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